{"product_id":"a-beat-beyond-selected-prose-of-major-jackson-paperback","title":"A Beat Beyond: Selected Prose of Major Jackson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMajor Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmor Kohli\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of essays, talks, and reviews, Major Jackson revels in the work of poetry not only to limn and assess the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of poets, but to amplify the controversies and inner conflicts that define our age: political unrest, climate crises, the fallout from bewildering traumas, and the social function of the art of poetry itself. Accessible and critically minded, Jackson returns to the poem as an unparalleled source of linguistic pleasure that structures a multilayered \"lyric self.\" In his interviews, Jackson illustrates poetry's distinct ability to mediate the inexplicable while foregrounding the possibilities of human song. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Collected over several decades, these essays find Jackson praising mythmaking in Frank Bidart and Ai's poetry, expressing bafflement at the silence of white-identified poets in the cause of social and racial justice, unearthing the politics behind Gwendolyn Brooks's Pulitzer Prize, and marveling at the \"hallucinatory speed of thought\" in a diverse range of poets including Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Brenda Hillman, Afaa Michael Weaver, Forrest Gander, and Terrance Hayes. This collection passionately surveys the radical shifts of the art and notes poetry as a necessity for a modern sensibility.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMajor Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English, Director of Creative Writing, and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmor Kohli\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies at DePaul University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766622585120,"sku":"9780472039067","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f6d2a85e16fe85d0cc4e76d09889a34e.webp?v=1780295690","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-beat-beyond-selected-prose-of-major-jackson-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}